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Friday, 10 April 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Snow
The 1972 snow blizzard in Iran killed 4000 people.
It was the deadliest blizzard in history. At the time, 7.9 meters of snow fell, completely covering ...
Brain
Involving your brain in activities that involve solving logical problems reduces the likelihood of developing dementia by approximately 63%.
For health reasons, you should therefore perform as many tasks as possible involving the brain. Read ...
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are an essential component of the circulation of matter in nature, they are decomposers - the last link in the food chain.
As the only organisms have the ability to break down lignin and are of great importance in the break ...
Snow
It is highly likely that no two snowflakes exist and have never existed exactly alike.
Snow crystals are almost perfectly symmetrical, although most are irregular in many respects. The ru ...
Phobos
There is a ridge on the surface of the moon, called the Kepler Dorsum.
It was named after the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler.
Tears
The frequency of crying depends on human nature.
There is no equation to calculate how often people cry. It depends on various factors, such as emoti ...
Cosmos
The basic and most widely accepted theory of the origin of the universe is the Big Bang theory.
This theory assumes that the universe began at a single point the size of a pinhead, which, as a res ...
Phobos
It’s named after a Greek deity.
Phobos was a son of Ares, a god of war. Ares is a counterpart of Mars from Roman mythology.
Aurora
It is believed that the aurora phenomenon may occur on all other extrasolar planets that have a magnetic field and a magnetosphere exposed to stellar winds.
The resolution of the telescopes does not make it possible to capture an image of this phenomenon, but the emission of radio waves accompanying the aurora can be detected using radio telescopes.
Mushrooms
Multicellular organisms are the most numerous group among fungi, but there are also single-celled fungi, like yeast.
A distinctive feature of fungi is the cell walls built of chitin. The fungus cell can be mononuclear ...